Anne Frank was a normal girl who was interested in life, Greek mythology, writing, and like any other teenage girl, boys. Anne Frank and her family had a normal life until she was forced to remain hidden on top of an old warehouse in Amsterdam, Holland because at that time the Nazis sought to kill all the Jews of Europe. They called their hideout the "Secret Annexe." In the "Secret Annexe", their lived Anne Frank, her parents, her sister, Margot, the Van Daan family, which consisted of a father, mother, and a son, Peter, and Mr. Dussel. Anne kept a diary from June 12, 1942, to August 1, 1944, which was given to her by her father as a birthday present. In Anne's diary, she recorded all her feelings, her deepest secrets, her emotions, her thoughts, as well as the events that happened in the hiding. Since there were workers in the warehouse, they had to stay very quiet during the day, but during the night they could move much freely, although they still couldn't make it obvious that their were living there. .
After her little group was discovered, Anne didn't survive the concentration camps that she was sent to. Of all the eight people that hid in the "Secret Annexe", only Anne's father, Otto Frank, survived. Otto Frank received all the pages of Anne's diary from two young secretaries working in the building, Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl, who kept them after it was left strewn all over the floor by the Nazis. Mr. Frank eventually published them into what is now The Diary of Anne Frank. After long deliberation, Otto Frank published his daughter's diary taking out some unflattering entries about Anne's mother, whom she hated, several passages concerning Anne's sexuality, and created an expanded edition for general readers.
The Diary really showed different concepts in Anne's life. It described her life in general, feelings about herself and the people around her, and most importantly it showed the development of a young girl growing and maturing.
